Uncategorized / April 16, 2024

Fútbol

Charlie and I’ve come to appreciate soccer more since we watched Ted Lasso. Of course, Spain is soccer-crazy. And, of course, they don’t call it soccer, they call it fútbol. When we got to our hotel yesterday we noticed red and white striped flags along the front (photo above). When we checked in we asked

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Uncategorized / April 16, 2024

Spanish tortilla

Today we had our first tortilla of this trip. It’s what we had for breakfast in a bar between Portugalete and La Arena. A Spanish tortilla is not like a US/Mexico/New Mexico tortilla. A Spanish tortilla is sometimes described as an omelette. It’s made from eggs and potatoes and onions. A bit firmer/thicker than an

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Uncategorized / April 16, 2024

Four Star Hotel Towels

Last night in Portugalete we splurged on a four-star hotel (still less than $100). Would you say the towel is big enough? It was heavy, too. I couldn’t bring myself to use another of these (waste all those resources to wash and dry it) so I just dried with Charlie’s towel.

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Uncategorized / April 16, 2024

4/16 WynChar Diary

Rainy days: 1Altus rain ponchos spotted: 1 (other than ours)Moving sidewalks ascended in the rain: 5 (two were out of order) (they were a little slippery, maybe it’s better if you don’t take strollers on them)Lots of hills: yes, of courseDistance walking above or beside freeways: 2 miles Distance walked on asphalt: 7.5 miles (out

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Uncategorized / April 16, 2024

Lunch in La Arena

We are spending the night in a tiny town named La Arena. The word arena means sand in Spanish and, no surprise, there is a large sandy beach here that is bigger than the non-beach part of the town. We had picked out a place for lunch (the only place in town that offered more

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